Patents by Inventor Luis Manuel Descalzo Fernández

Luis Manuel Descalzo Fernández has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8834766
    Abstract: Protection of elements (1) of composite material protected at its points of complex geometry, such as various edges and corners, against electric discharges to which they are potentially exposed, said elements (1) being obtained by applying a cycle of temperature and pressure to a composite material arranged in a mold (2) designed in such a way that, once the geometry of the element (1) is known, the mold (2) includes free spaces (6) intended for the accumulation of resin from the process of manufacture of said element (1), and said resin will form the dielectric protection of the various edges or corners of the element (1) as it builds up, forming layers (3) that are disposed around the free edges of the element (1), thus endowing these surfaces of various edges or corners with dielectric protection of electrical insulation that prevents possible discharges and expulsion of hot particles in the case of electric discharge on said element (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.
    Inventors: José Ignacio López-Reina Torrijos, Luis Manuel Descalzo Fernández
  • Patent number: 8186614
    Abstract: A metalization structure of aircraft panels and process for obtaining such structure including a panel made in composite material, the panel including a metal mesh or foil in its outer part, said panel further including a bore which in turn comprises a shank and an upper countersinking, such that the mentioned panel is fixed to another structural aircraft element by means of metal fixing elements. The structure includes a metallization layer arranged on the upper countersinking, extending in the adjacent area of the metal mesh or foil, such that it is ensured that electrical continuity exists between the upper countersinking and the metal mesh or foil during the time that the lightning bolt strikes the structure of the panel, further ensuring that most of the current discharged by the lightning bolt is conducted over the surface of the structure of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.
    Inventors: Desiderio Sánchez-Brunete Álvarez, Luis Manuel Descalzo Fernández
  • Publication number: 20100219287
    Abstract: The invention relates to a metalization structure of aircraft panels and process for obtaining such structure, such that it comprise a structure of a panel (1) made in composite material, the mentioned panel (1) comprising a metal mesh or foil (2) in its outer part, said panel (1) further comprising a bore which in turn comprises a shank and an upper countersinking (8), such that the mentioned panel (1) is fixed to another structural aircraft element (3) by means of metal fixing elements (4), characterized in that said structure comprise a metallization layer (7) arranged on the upper countersinking (8), extending in the adjacent area of the metal mesh or foil (2), such that it is ensured that electrical continuity exists between the upper countersinking (8) and the metal mesh or foil (2) during the time that the lightning bolt strikes the structure of the panel (1), further ensuring that most of the current discharged by the lightning bolt is conducted over the surface of the structure of the mentioned panel
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS Operations S.L.
    Inventors: Desiderio SÁNCHEZ-BRUNETE ÁLVAREZ, Luis Manuel DESCALZO FERNÁNDEZ
  • Publication number: 20100025535
    Abstract: Protection of elements (1) of composite material protected at its points of complex geometry, such as various edges and corners, against electric discharges to which they are potentially exposed, said elements (1) being obtained by applying a cycle of temperature and pressure to a composite material arranged in a mould (2) designed in such a way that, once the geometry of the element (1) is known, the mould (2) includes free spaces (6) intended for the accumulation of resin from the process of manufacture of said element (1), and said resin will form the dielectric protection of the various edges or corners of the element (1) as it builds up, forming layers (3) that are disposed around the free edges of the element (1), thus endowing these surfaces of various edges or corners with dielectric protection of electrical insulation that prevents possible discharges and expulsion of hot particles in the case of electric discharge on said element (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Jose Ignacio Lopez-Reina Torrijos, Luis Manuel Descalzo Fernandez